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• 08.14.07
  Disabled and Waiting   General (0)

  The philosophical struggle in Congress between conservatives and, let’s call them progressives, over how to loosen the entitlement noose around their collective necks invariably gets down to esoteric budget schemes. Among the more recent flags thrown by the progressives over Medicare rationing comes from a study this spring via The Commonwealth Fund, a NYC-based health […]

• 07.11.07
  Physicians and PMD Prescriptions   General (0)

  Most physicians only have episodic experience evaluating patients who may need power mobility. Even among their elderly patients, only a handful, perhaps three or four patients a year, need power mobility support. The treating physician frequently must balance whether the patient is at risk of self injury or relative immobility without this device, or the […]

• 07.11.07
  Rationing Access by Stealth - Medicare's Latest Program Design   General, Medicare (0)

  Medicare’s crackdown on the wheelchair industry risks putting frail elderly and disabled patients under virtual house arrest. These regulatory changes are largely in response to a high profile Nigerian scam in Houston costing CMS millions, that occurred even after The Scooter store warned regulators of an anomalous spike in sales in that market. It is […]

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I regard myself as a partially rehabilitated lobbyist and now am a public affairs consultant. In a previous incarnation, I coordinated political, legislative, legal and regulatory matters for the 36,000-member Texas Medical Association as their Vice President for Public Policy and Director of Public Affairs...
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• A Physician's Perspective on "Sicko"
• Disabled and Waiting
• Access to Medicare: Things Are Bad all Over
• A Useful Guide for Evaluating Frail Patients for Mobility Assistance
• Physicians and PMD Prescriptions